Race Rundown....news and links

Busch wins Bristol: #51-Kyle Busch won the UNOH 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway on Wednesday night for his 3rd win of the season and 33rd of his Truck Series career. #17-Timothy Peters was second, followed by: #29-Ryan Blaney, #98-Johnny Sauter, #94-Chase Elliott, #3-Ty Dillon, #31-James Buescher, #9-Ron Hornaday, #19-Brad Keselowski and #88-Matt Crafton in the top-10. There were 5 caution flags for 32 laps, and 7 lead changes among 4 drivers. Complete results are on the Bristol race results page (pdf).(8-21-2013)

Bristol Race Fast Facts:
Kyle Busch(i) won the 16th Annual UNOH 200, his 33rd victory in 111 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races.
This is his third victory and sixth top-10 finish in 2013.
This is his fourth victory and sixth top-10 finish in eight races at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Timothy Peters (second) posted his fifth top-10 finish in nine races at Bristol Motor Speedway. It is his eighth top-10 finish in 2013.
Ryan Blaney (third) posted his second top-10 finish in two races at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Ryan Blaney (third) was the highest finishing rookie.
Matt Crafton leads the point standings by 49 points over James Buescher.
(NASCAR Statistics)(8-21-2013)

Qualifying Results, Practice Speeds, Entry List....news and links

Elliott on pole for the UNOH 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway: #94-Chase Elliott won the pole for Wednesday night's UNOH 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway, running a fast lap at 125.183 mph. Elliott is now the youngest pole winner in series history.
#29-Ryan Blaney was second, followed by: #3-Ty Dillon, #17-Timothy Peters, #77-German Quiroga, #88-Matt Crafton, #19-Brad Keselowski, #31-James Buescher, #6-Justin Lofton, and #51-Kyle Busch. Jennifer Jo Cobb withdrew her entry after losing an engine in practice, and Mike Harmon withdrew after a wreck in practice. The remaining 36 entries made the event. There were multiple spins during the session, with #24-Brennan Newberry's machine suffering enough damage to force the team to a back-up. See complete lineup on the Starting lineup (pdf) page.(8-21-2013)

Bristol Qualifying Notes:
Chase Elliott won the 21 Means 21 Pole Award for the 16th Annual UNOH 200 with a lap of 15.328 seconds, 125.183 mph.
This is his first pole in five NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races.
This is his first pole and fourth top-10 start in 2013.
This is his first pole at Bristol Motor Speedway. Ryan Blaney (second) posted his eighth top-10 start of 2013 and his second in two races at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Ty Dillon (third) posted his first top-10 start at Bristol Motor Speedway. It is his ninth in 13 races this season.
Ryan Blaney (second) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
(NASCAR Statistics)(8-21-2013)

Entry list: There are 37 trucks on the preliminary entry list for Wednesday's UNOH200 at Bristol Motor Speedway. The initial entry list shows 35, but the #10 of Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing and the #60 of Turn One Racing are a few of the expected late adds. The #84 usually driven by Mike Harmon is also not on the preliminary list. The #5 of Wauters Motorsports entered Tim George, Jr., but last week the team released a statement that he would be out of the ride for multiple races. Some other notes include:
Brad Keselowski in the #19;
Kyle Busch in the #51;
Ken Schrader in the #52;
Newcomers Brandon Jones in the #33; Nate Monteith in the #45; Ben Kennedy in the #96;
Matt McCall may be in the #92, but the entry is initially listed as Scott Riggs;UPDATE: McCall has been confirmed in the 92;UPDATE 2: Mike Harmon has been added in the #84; (8-19-2013)UPDATE 3: Tyler Young has been added in the #02; B J McLeod added in the #78; Jake Crum moves into the #07;(8-19-2013)UPDATE 4: The #5 and #78 have withdrawn;(8-21-2013)
See the complete list on the Bristol entry list page

Notes: Teams in all three NASCAR series in action at Bristol this week
will run the same Goodyear tire codes, though the Sprint Cup and
Nationwide tires will be branded "Goodyear Eagle," while the Camping
World Truck tires will be branded "Goodyear Wrangler" . . . for Sprint
Cup teams, this is the same combination of left- and right-side tires
they have run in the last two races at Bristol . . . Nationwide teams
also ran this same combination at Bristol earlier this season . . .
both Nationwide and Camping World Truck teams ran this right-side tire
code (D-4526) with a different left-side code at Bristol in 2012 . . .
this being Truck teams' first Bristol race on this left-side tire code
(D-4416), it features both compound and construction changes compared
to last season's left-side and will give the trucks more grip . . .
unlike on most NASCAR ovals one mile or less in length, on which teams
generally do not run inner liners in their tires, teams are required to
run liners in their right-side tires only at Bristol . . . air pressure
in those inner liners should be 12-25 psi greater than that of the
outer tire.

NASCAR News & Notes

France Family's Kennedy Makes Truck Debut
Ben Kennedy will want to be considered just another driver attempting to make his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race when Bristol Motor Speedway hosts the UNOH 200 on Wednesday night. The exception is Kennedy is not just another driver.

Kennedy, the great-grandson of NASCAR founder Bill France Sr., will make his national series debut this Wednesday night in his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start at BMS.

Kennedy is no stranger to racing at Bristol. His 42 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and West starts include two trips to the .533-mile track with finishes of 10th and sixth in 2012 and 2013, respectively.

His mother is International Speedway Corporation President Lesa France Kennedy. Her son will be the first member of the France family to compete in a NASCAR national series event (NASCAR Sprint Cup, NASCAR Nationwide or NASCAR Camping World Truck Series). His great grandfather raced stock cars prior to the creation of NASCAR.

Kennedy is a two-time winner this season in NASCAR K&N Pro Series East competition and a winner in the first NASCAR-sanctioned oval race in Europe last year in Tours, France in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series. His NASCAR K&N Pro Series wins came at Five Flags Speedway in April and at Bowman Gray Stadium in June. The latter victory was special in that his grandmother, Betty Jane France, is a Winston-Salem, N.C., native and a Miss Bowman Grey Stadium prior to meeting her future husband Bill France Jr.

Kennedy will make three more starts in the trucks this year. The remaining races on his 2013 schedule are Iowa, Chicagoland and Homestead-Miami Speedways.

Peters Set High Standards In Last Year's Bristol Victory
Timothy Peters led all 204 laps en route to victory a year ago at Bristol Motor Speedway. He already has one win this year and he will go for his second consecutive win at the challenging .533-mile track on Wednesday night.

Peters, who has six career wins in the series in 152 starts, is currently on a streak of five consecutive seasons with at least one win. Peters picked up his first win of the year when he defended his 2012 win at Iowa Speedway, and a Bristol repeat would match his career-best win total in a season of two wins.

In eight previous starts at BMS, Peters also has two top-five and four top-10 finishes in addition to his victory.

Previous Bristol truck winners entered are Kyle Busch and Ron Hornaday Jr. Busch won three consecutive times (2008-10) while Hornaday won back-to-back in 1997-98. Hornaday led all 200 laps in 1997.

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Etc.
Bristol native Nate Monteith looks to make his third career NCWTS start and first since 2009 this week&. Ken Schrader returns to the series this week in his first start since he made history winning the pole at Eldora Speedway earlier this season. Schrader has one Bristol pole in 2004. & Brad Keselowski will do triple-duty this week in Bristol, competing in NASCAR Camping World Truck, NASCAR Nationwide and NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events.(NASCAR Integrated Marketing)